14. THE CARLS IN MINNESOTA

The Carls soon adjusted to life in America  in 1889.  Probably taking a train, they arrived in Rock County, Minnesota, and settled on a farm in Springwater Township.  

Our Great-Grandfather, Jacob Carl, wasted no time starting his American citizenship process.  Only five weeks after landing in New York City, he signed his citizenship petition on July 15, 1889, at age 50 in Rock County, Minnesota.  His signature is very beautifully written.  He was naturalized in the same county on March 23, 1897.  As a result, his wife, Anna, and their minority children -- Adolph, Bertha, and Emma -- automatically became full US citizens too.

They happily reconnected with their grown son George and grown-up daughter Margaret.  Margaret had married Nicholas Albers, her first cousin, on November 3,1886, in Luverne, Minnesota, and had two little children, John and newborn Anna, to introduce to them.  Also our Great-Grandma Anna Albers Carl reconnected with her brother, John William Albers, and the rest of his family which had relocated to Springwater Township in Rock County just a couple years before from Benton County, Iowa.  On March 4, 1891, Margaret and Nick Albers  added Gustav (Gust) Adolph in Pipestone County, Minnesota; Walter Nicholas in February 1908 in Montesano, Washington; and Daisy on August 25, 1909 near Camrose, Alberta, Canada.    

While living in America in the 1890's and early 1900's, love was evident when their other children married and began families.  First, George and Charlottia F. Hemme married on March 18, 1891, and their children were Jessie Margarete Carl (Nov. 1, 1891- 1903) and George J. Carl (29 May 1912).

That same year, Marie and Henry Thielman married on June 9, 1891, followed by the births of Carl Jacob on April 11, 1892; Anna K. on August 9, 1893; Herman on June 20, 1895; Laura in December 1899; Adella E. in 1902; and Lillie in December 1908.

On March 15, 1892, Magda married Claus Jacob Johannsen.  Their children were William Jacob, born on March 6, 1893; Claus Herman on May 31, 1894; Bertha Friedricka on October 3, 1896; and Marie Magdalena on July 22, 1908.

Emma Sophia Wilhelmine married Herman Thielman, her sister Marie's brother-in-law, on March 8, 1900.  Children born to them were Adolf, born on May 18, 1902; Henry on October 17, 1903; Helma on February 22, 1906; and Erma Magdalena on August 15, 1917.  Did you notice that a couple Thielman sons carry on the first names of their uncles?

Bertha Catharine Lucie Carl married William H. Fust on November 29, 1900, in Luverne, Minnesota.  Born to this couple were Marie Magdalena on February 2, 1902; Jacob George on December 10, 1903; Rosa Frieda on April 17, 1905; Alfred Carl on November 26, 1906; Huldah Emma on February 14, 1909; Raymond William on January 5, 1911; Norman Adolph on March 22, 1913; and Gilbert John on December 29, 1917.

Last of the Carl family to marry was Adolf Stamp Carl, who married Mary Stroeh in Luverne, Minnesota, on March 14, 1901.  Born to them were Anna Wilhelmina Carl, who arrived on January 15, 1902, but sadly died April 27, 1907; John H. Carl, born October 27, 1903; Irene Carl on November 20, 1905; George Henry Carl on January 2, 1908;  Edna Viola Carl on April 22, 1910; Lucille Dorothy Carl on October 25, 1912; and Eleanor Carl on February 18, 1915. 

(If you notice errors or have more complete information on names, dates, events, and places in any of the stories, you can reach me at the email address shown at the top of each page.  Thanks!)   

   

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